Thomas Chlebek Ho tloha 2010, likhohlano tsa patent lipakeng tsa Apple le k'hamphani ea VirnetX, e sebetsanang le beng ba patent le liqoso khahlanong le lik'hamphani tse tlolang molao, li ntse li tsoela pele. Linyeoe tsa hae tse fetileng tse hapileng li ne li ameha, mohlala, Microsoft, Cisco, Siemens, joalo-joalo Qeto ea hajoale ea lekhotla khahlanong le Apple ke phello ea letoto la linyeoe tsa lilemo tse ka bang tse tšeletseng mabapi le tlolo ea molao ea patent ka lits'ebeletso tsa iMessage le FaceTime, haholo-holo bokhoni ba bona ba VPN.
Qeto e fanoe maobane lekhotleng la setereke la federal la East Texas, le tsejoang ka botsoalle ba lona ho beng ba litokelo tsa molao. VirnetX e boetse e hlahletse tse ling tsa linyeoe tse boletsoeng pejana seterekeng se le seng.
Nyeoe ea mantlha eo VirnetX e ileng ea qosa Apple mabapi le liprothokholo tsa bona tse sireletsehileng tsa puisano e ile ea rarolloa ka Mmesa 2012, ha moqosi a fuoa $368,2 milione ka tšenyo ea thepa ea mahlale. Hobane nyeoe e ne e ama likarolo ka botsona le lihlahisoa tse fanang ka tsona, VirnetX e batla e lefshoa karolo ea phaello ea li-iPhones le Mac.
Apple e na le FaceTime ho tloha ka nako eo sebetsa bocha, empa ka September 2014 kahlolo ea pele e ile ea hlakoloa ka lebaka la ho qosoa ka hore ho ne ho e-na le litšenyehelo tse fosahetseng. Ts'ebetsong e nchafalitsoeng, VirnetX e ile ea kopa $ 532 milione, e ileng ea eketseha ho ea ho chelete ea hajoale ea $ 625,6 milione. Sena se ela hloko ho tsoela pele ho belaelloang ha tlolo ea molao ea ka boomo ea litokelo tsa molao tseo e leng taba ea khang.
Pele ho qeto ea hajoale, ho boleloa hore Apple e ile ea kenya kopo ho Moahloli oa Setereke Robert Schroeder hore a phatlalatse nyeoe e le molato ka lebaka la liqoso tsa ho bua hampe le pherekano ke babuelli ba molao ba VirnetX nakong ea likhang tse koalang. Schroeder ha a e-so bue ka molao mabapi le kopo eo.
